a drone equipped with a wide net will now try to trap the dogs, one by one, and fly them to safety. the top us envoy to afghanistan is stepping down from his role less than two months after american forces withdrew from the country. this is zalmay khalilzad. he led the us dialogue with the taliban, but months of diplomatic talks failed to prevent the militant group from seizing power in august. in a resignation letter to the us secretary of state, khalilzad acknowledged, with some understatement, that... injuly, when the taliban were just beginning their takeover, he spoke to my colleague yalda hakim. will you intervene if the taliban want to overrun kabul?